India
May 2025
Within weeks of each other in 2025, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli — India's two greatest contemporary Test batsmen — announced their retirements from Test cricket, bringing a definitive close to one of international cricket's most celebrated batting partnerships.
Mumbai Indians
April 2024
Hardik Pandya was relentlessly booed by his own Mumbai Indians home crowd throughout IPL 2024, one of the most extraordinary cases of a captain being rejected by his own fans — stemming from his replacement of the beloved Rohit Sharma as captain.
India vs South Africa
29 June 2024
After India won the T20 World Cup 2024 in Barbados, Rohit Sharma announced his T20I retirement during the on-field celebrations — only for Virat Kohli to simultaneously announce his own retirement — creating a bittersweet, overlapping comedy of farewells that left fans unsure which retirement to cry about first.
Mumbai Indians
January 2024
Mumbai Indians' decision to replace Rohit Sharma — their five-title-winning captain — with Hardik Pandya triggered one of the most sustained fan backlashes in IPL history, as Pandya was booed relentlessly throughout IPL 2024 while Rohit batted for the same team.
India vs South Africa
2024-06-29
India beat South Africa by 7 runs in a dramatic final in Barbados to win the 2024 T20 World Cup — Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli both announcing retirement from T20 internationals after the victory, ending an era in Indian T20 cricket.
India vs South Africa
29 June 2024
India ended an 11-year ICC trophy drought by defeating South Africa in a breathtaking T20 World Cup Final in Barbados — a victory that sparked celebrations across the subcontinent and prompted the retirement of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Ravindra Jadeja from T20 international cricket.
India vs Australia
19 November 2023
Several contentious DRS decisions during the 2023 World Cup Final added to India's frustration as they lost to Australia despite being unbeaten throughout the tournament.
India vs Australia
19 November 2023
India captain Rohit Sharma was given out caught behind for 47 off Pat Cummins in the 2023 WC Final. His DRS review was turned down after UltraEdge showed a disputed spike. Some analysts argued contact was not made. India were bowled out for 240 and Australia won by 6 wickets.
India vs Australia
19 November 2023
A detailed analysis of the most controversial moment in the 2023 World Cup Final — Rohit Sharma's dismissal for 47 off Pat Cummins via caught behind. UltraEdge showed a spike, but some post-match analysts argued it indicated surface vibration rather than bat-ball contact. The third umpire upheld the dismissal. India collapsed to 240; Australia chased it easily, winning the World Cup in front of 1.4 billion watching Indians.
India vs Australia
19 November 2023
Rohit Sharma's dismissal for 47 in the 2023 World Cup Final — caught behind off Pat Cummins in a decision that survived a DRS review — proved to be a turning point that removed India's most dangerous opener and opened the match to Australia's pace attack.
India (internal)
8 December 2021
Virat Kohli was stripped of the ODI captaincy and replaced by Rohit Sharma in a move he claimed was made without prior consultation, exposing rifts within the BCCI and Indian cricket's power structure.
India vs various
2016-10-13
Rohit Sharma is the only batsman in history to have scored three double centuries in ODI cricket — 209 vs Australia (2013), 264 vs Sri Lanka (2014), and 208* vs Sri Lanka (2016) — an achievement so statistically remote that no other player has scored more than one.
Australia vs India
26 December 2014
Rohit Sharma edged Josh Hazlewood to Brad Haddin during the 2014 Boxing Day Test but umpire Rod Tucker gave it not out. Australia's DRS review showed a spike on UltraEdge but the decision was upheld as inconclusive. Rohit went on to score 99 as India drew.
Australia vs India
26 December 2014
Rohit Sharma edged Josh Hazlewood to Brad Haddin during the 2014 Boxing Day Test — UltraEdge showed a spike but its timing was disputed between genuine edge and ground vibration. Umpire Rod Tucker gave it not out; Australia reviewed but inconclusive evidence left the decision standing. Rohit scored 99 in an innings that helped India draw the match.
India vs Sri Lanka
2014-11-13
Rohit Sharma made 264 not out off 173 balls at Eden Gardens against Sri Lanka — the highest individual score in ODI cricket history, including 33 fours and 9 sixes in an innings of controlled, extraordinary brilliance.